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24/08/2009
Letterkenny Drug And Gun Haul Probed
Gardaí have said that items recovered during two search operations in Letterkenny at the weekend are still being examined and analysed by technical experts in Dublin.
Both illegal drugs and firearms were recovered in two separate incidents.
The seizure came when police found and seized a stolen vehicle in Bonagee in the early hours of Saturday morning.
They discovered a number of unlicensed firearms along with suspected drugs and drug paraphenalia.
One man was arrested and questioned about this and other drug-related incidents.
He has been released without charge pending a report to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Then, on Saturday morning, an apartment in the town centre was raided, with a quantity of cannabis and other items recovered.
One man was arrested and subsequently released, pending a file to the DPP.
(BMcC/KMcA)
Both illegal drugs and firearms were recovered in two separate incidents.
The seizure came when police found and seized a stolen vehicle in Bonagee in the early hours of Saturday morning.
They discovered a number of unlicensed firearms along with suspected drugs and drug paraphenalia.
One man was arrested and questioned about this and other drug-related incidents.
He has been released without charge pending a report to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Then, on Saturday morning, an apartment in the town centre was raided, with a quantity of cannabis and other items recovered.
One man was arrested and subsequently released, pending a file to the DPP.
(BMcC/KMcA)
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